Japanese Wrestler Name Generator

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Generate Japanese wrestler names in every puroresu style: real-sounding heavyweight names like Kengo Arashi, masked junior gimmicks like Raijin Mask, all-caps ring names like KAZAMA, and joshi stage names like Thunder Ayane, alongside the legends of NJPW, AJPW, NOAH and Stardom.

About Japanese wrestler names

Japanese wrestler names work differently from American ring names. The default in puroresu is a real name, romanized given-name first: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa. The gimmick lives in the nickname (Rainmaker, The Ace, Stone Pitbull, Ungovernable) rather than in the name itself, so a convincing original needs a plausible Japanese given name paired with a surname that sounds strong when an announcer draws it out.

The second tradition is the masked junior heavyweight. Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Ultimo Dragon, Hayabusa, El Desperado and BUSHI mix Japanese words for animals, weather and folklore with Spanish and English borrowed from lucha libre. A third style drops the surname and shouts the name in capitals: KENTA, SANADA, EVIL, HARASHIMA, AZM. Joshi promotions add their own registers, from gimmick-plus-given-name (Lioness Asuka, Dynamite Kansai, Bull Nakano) to cute anglicized stage names (Starlight Kid, Natsupoi, Koguma).

This list covers all of those, mixing legends of NJPW, AJPW, NOAH, FMW, Dragon Gate and Stardom with original names you can use for a fantasy booking roster, a Fire Pro Wrestling save, a manga character or a puroresu-inspired tabletop game.

How to choose Japanese wrestler names

  • For a heavyweight, use a real two-part name and save the gimmick for the nickname: Kengo Arashi ‘The Iron Typhoon’ sounds more like a New Japan main eventer than a name like Thunder Samurai.
  • Masked juniors take one strong noun plus Mask, Kid or a lucha word: Raijin Mask, Kappa Kid, El Tengu. Pick a yokai, weather or animal word and keep it to two or three syllables.
  • Joshi names split between real names (Mayu Iwatani, Syuri) and gimmick names (Thunder Ayane, Starlight Rio). Heels tend toward Devil, Shark and Dump; babyfaces toward Cutie, Sweet and Star.
  • An all-caps single name (KAZAMA, RAIDEN, SHIDO) reads as a heel or a rebel; stables in Japan love this format, so give a whole faction matching capitalised names.
  • Watch the romanization: pick one system and stick with it. Ryu and Ryuu, Kohei and Kouhei are the same name, and mixing them on one roster looks like a typo.

Frequently asked questions

How are Japanese wrestler names written, family name first or given name first?

In English-language puroresu coverage the given name comes first: Hiroshi Tanahashi, not Tanahashi Hiroshi. In Japan the order is reversed and the name is written in kanji, but promotions like NJPW, NOAH and Stardom use Western order on their English graphics, so that is the convention this generator follows.

Why do so many Japanese wrestlers use all-caps names like KENTA or SANADA?

Capitalised single names started as a way to mark a new persona or a trademarked gimmick that belongs to the wrestler rather than the promotion. KENTA adopted it when he turned heel in NOAH, SANADA and EVIL used it when joining Los Ingobernables de Japon, and Stardom stars like AZM use it as a stage name. It signals attitude and reads well on a graphic.

What are famous masked Japanese wrestlers?

The classic lineage runs Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama and successors), Jushin Thunder Liger, Ultimo Dragon, The Great Sasuke, Hayabusa, Super Delfin and Black Tiger. Current masked stars include El Desperado, BUSHI, Dragon Kid, Shun Skywalker and Starlight Kid. Many combine a Japanese animal or myth word with a lucha-style El or Mask.

Can I use these names for Fire Pro Wrestling or a fantasy booking game?

Yes. The original names (everything that is not an obvious legend) are free to use for created wrestlers, fan promotions, fiction and tabletop games. If you want a full roster, pair heavyweights with real-sounding names, juniors with masks or Kid names, and a heel stable with capitalised single names.

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All 500 Japanese wrestler names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 25 names

  • Abdullah Kobayashi
  • Ace Sumire
  • Ai Tokunaga
  • Airi Narusawa
  • Aja Kong
  • Akatsuki
  • Akiba Ranger
  • Akihiro Iwakura
  • Akira Hokuto
  • Akira Maeda
  • Akira Taue
  • Akira Tozawa
  • Alleycat Yuna
  • Ami Kozakura
  • Angel Karen
  • Antonio Inoki
  • Aoi Tokiwa
  • Arashi
  • Ashura
  • Asuka
  • Atsushi Onita
  • Ayame
  • Ayame Thunder
  • Ayane Tomikawa
  • AZM

B: 20 names

  • Baby Face Momo
  • Bakeneko
  • Benkei Musashi
  • Big Ryu Arakawa
  • Bishamon
  • Bison Kimura
  • Black Hayabusa
  • Black Shinobi
  • Black Tiger
  • Blue Shinobi
  • Blue Thunder Kenta
  • Bolt Kurosaki
  • Bone Crusher Hoshino
  • Botan
  • Bull Nakano
  • Bullet Fuka
  • Bunny Riko
  • BUSHI
  • BxB Hulk
  • Byakko

C: 13 names

  • Chigusa Nagayo
  • Chihiro Hashimoto
  • Chisato Moriguchi
  • CIMA
  • Combat Harigaya
  • Combat Toyoda
  • Comet Airi
  • Cosmic Reina
  • Cosmo Nanase
  • Crane Haruka
  • Crimson Tiger
  • Cutie Mana
  • Cutie Suzuki

D: 18 names

  • Daichi Kuroiwa
  • Daigo Kageyama
  • Daikaiju Sakamoto
  • Daisuke Arashi
  • Daisuke Sekimoto
  • DASH Chisako
  • Devil Masami
  • Devil Nana
  • Dick Togo
  • Don Fujii
  • Dragon Girl
  • Dragon Kid
  • Dragon Ryoma
  • Dream Mao
  • Dropkick Tanigaki
  • Dump Matsumoto
  • Dynamite Kanon
  • Dynamite Kansai

E: 11 names

  • Eagle Sawai
  • Edo Ninja
  • El Desperado
  • El Kitsune
  • El Samurai
  • El Shogun
  • El Tengu
  • Emi Sakura
  • Empress Ran
  • Erika Sumida
  • EVIL

F: 6 names

  • Fighting Yuuka
  • Flash Nagisa
  • Fudo Myo-o
  • Fujin Mask
  • Fujita Jr. Hayato
  • Fuka Yokomizo

G: 15 names

  • Gaijin Hunter Hiraga
  • Galaxy Ami
  • Gekko
  • Genichiro Tenryu
  • Giant Baba
  • Giant Kuroki
  • Giulia
  • Go Arashi
  • Go Shiozaki
  • Gold Dragon
  • Gold Oni
  • Golden Hawk Yuto
  • Gorilla Goto
  • Gran Hamada
  • Great Togo

H: 29 names

  • HAKUTO
  • Hannya Mask
  • HANZO
  • Harajuku Kid
  • HARASHIMA
  • Haruka Sasahara
  • Hayabusa
  • Hayate
  • Hazuki
  • Headhunter Kitagawa
  • Heel Queen Miyu
  • Hibiki
  • Hideaki Sumiyoshi
  • Hikaru Shida
  • Hime Tornado
  • Himeka
  • Hina Amakusa
  • Hinata Osako
  • Hiromu Takahashi
  • Hirooki Goto
  • Hiroshi Hase
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Hiroto Kanbayashi
  • Hiroyo Matsumoto
  • Hiroyoshi Tenzan
  • Hisui
  • Hokkaido Bear
  • Hotaru
  • Hurricane Kaede

I: 8 names

  • Idol Fighter Yume
  • Ikazuchi
  • Inazuma
  • Io Shirai
  • Iron Dragon Masaki
  • Iron Koharu
  • Isami Kodaka
  • Itsuki Wakasa

J: 10 names

  • Jaguar Ayaka
  • Jaguar Rin
  • Jaguar Yokota
  • Jin Kurusu
  • Jinsei Shinzaki
  • Jorogumo
  • Jumbo Tsuruta
  • Jun Akiyama
  • Jun Kasai
  • Jushin Thunder Liger

K: 72 names

  • Kabuki Mask
  • Kaede Shinohara
  • KAGE
  • Kagehime
  • Kagerou
  • Kagetora
  • Kaguya
  • Kai Mizoroki
  • Kaiju Girl
  • Kaiju Kobayashi
  • Kairi Sane
  • KAISER
  • Kaito Kiyomiya
  • Kaminari Kid
  • Kamui
  • Kanon Hisakawa
  • Kansai Kid
  • KANZAKI
  • Kappa Kid
  • Karasu
  • Karen Tsuzuki
  • Katsuhiko Nakajima
  • Katsuyori Shibata
  • KAZAMA
  • Kazuchika Okada
  • Kazuki Raikoh
  • Kazunari Tsujimoto
  • Kazushi Sakuraba
  • Kazuto Ikuta
  • Kei Onizawa
  • Keiji Mutoh
  • Kengo Kimura
  • Kenjiro Onoe
  • Kenoh
  • KENSEI
  • Kenshi Morimoto

K, continued

  • Kenshiro
  • Kensuke Sasaki
  • KENTA
  • Kenta Kobashi
  • Kikyo
  • Kintaro Kanemura
  • Kintaro Mask
  • Kirin
  • Kisaragi
  • Kitsune Hime
  • Kitsune Mask
  • Kitten Mika
  • Kiyoshi Tamura
  • Kiyotaka Nobe
  • Koguma
  • Kohaku
  • Kohaku Danjo
  • Koharu Tsubaki
  • Koji Kanemoto
  • KOJIRO
  • Konoha
  • Konosuke Takeshita
  • Kota Ibushi
  • KOTARO
  • Kozue Harigaya
  • Kuma Ishimaru
  • Kumadori
  • Kunio Hatta
  • Kurenai
  • KUROBE
  • Kurogane Mask
  • Kurogane Taro
  • Kurohyo
  • Kurumi Hayase
  • Kyoko Inoue
  • Kyushu Tiger

L: 6 names

  • Lady Onryo
  • Lariat King Murata
  • Lightning Kid
  • Lioness Asuka
  • Lioness Hinako
  • Lioness Mika

M: 44 names

  • Mademoiselle Kurenai
  • Madoka Kawamoto
  • Maika
  • Maki Itoh
  • Mana Kitajima
  • Manabu Nakanishi
  • Manami Toyota
  • Mao Komiyama
  • Masaaki Mochizuki
  • Masahide Serizawa
  • Masahiro Chono
  • Masakatsu Funaki
  • Masato Tanaka
  • Masato Yoshino
  • Master Wato
  • Mayu Iwatani
  • Mayumi Ozaki
  • Mega Star Aika
  • Megumi Kudo
  • Mei Kurogawa
  • Meiko Satomura
  • Michinoku Taro
  • Mighty Sugimura
  • Miho Torii
  • Mika Kurosaki
  • Mikio Karasawa
  • Mikoto
  • Mina Shirakawa
  • Minoru Suzuki
  • Miss Dynamite
  • Miss Kaminari
  • Mitsuharu Misawa
  • Miyu Kanbayashi
  • Miyu Yamashita
  • Momo Watanabe
  • Momoka Iijima
  • Moonbeam Kana
  • Moonlight Rio
  • Mount Fuji Kenzo
  • Mr. Pogo
  • MUGEN
  • MUSASHI
  • Musashi the Ronin
  • Muscle Kurumi

N: 20 names

  • Nagisa Kamiyama
  • Nagoya Hammer
  • Nana Amamiya
  • Nanae Takahashi
  • Nao Shirahama
  • Naomichi Marufuji
  • Naoto Mitsuya
  • Naruki Doi
  • Natsuki Akamine
  • Natsupoi
  • Nekomimi Kid
  • Neo Tiger
  • Neon Hinata
  • Ninja Girl
  • Ninja Kaminari
  • Nobuhiko Takada
  • Noh Mask
  • Nova Tsubasa
  • Nozomi
  • Nue

O: 8 names

  • Okinawa Shisa
  • Oni Kaiser
  • Onihime
  • Onimaru
  • Onryo
  • Ookami
  • Orochi
  • Osaka Bullet

P: 9 names

  • Panther Miho
  • Panther Reika
  • Phantom Kid
  • Phoenix Mei
  • Pixie Hina
  • Plum Mariko
  • Princess Kohaku
  • Princess Madoka
  • Punk Sayaka

Q: 2 names

  • Queen Chisato
  • Queen Hisui

R: 38 names

  • RAIDEN
  • Raiden Kid
  • Raiden Kuroki
  • Raijin Mask
  • Raiju
  • Rainmaker Jr.
  • Ran Misaki
  • Rebel Mei
  • Red Kaminari
  • Reiji Sagara
  • Reina Fujikura
  • Ren Kuga
  • Ren Narita
  • Riho
  • Riki Choshu
  • Rikidozan
  • Riko Nagumo
  • Riku Tachibana
  • Rin Asakura
  • Rintaro Mogami
  • Rio Mashiba
  • Rocket Yuzu
  • Rockin' Erika
  • RONIN
  • Rui Hamanaka
  • Rumble Riko
  • Ryoken
  • Ryota Kurosawa
  • Ryotaro Hinode
  • Ryu Kanemitsu
  • Ryu Oyaizu
  • Ryu Tenkai
  • Ryuji Ito
  • Ryujin
  • Ryuken Mask
  • Ryusuke Taguchi
  • Ryuta Sakaki
  • RYUZO

S: 57 names

  • Sakura Hiiragi
  • Sakura Kid
  • Sakura Storm
  • Samurai Ken
  • SANADA
  • Sara Mihashi
  • Sareee
  • SASUKE
  • Satoshi Kojima
  • Satsuki
  • Saya Kamitani
  • Sayaka Tomonaga
  • Seiryu
  • Shadow Yui
  • Shark Tsuchiya
  • SHIDO
  • Shingo Takagi
  • Shinjiro Otani
  • Shinjuku Shadow
  • Shinnosuke Ueno
  • Shinobi Mask
  • Shinobu Kandori
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Shinya Hashimoto
  • Shion
  • Shippu
  • Shiro Koshinaka
  • Shizuku
  • Sho Tachikawa
  • SHOGUN
  • Shohei Kuramoto
  • Shoko Nakajima
  • Shota Umino
  • Shuhei Tobita
  • Shun Skywalker
  • Shura
  • Silver Tiger
  • Souma Akimoto
  • Star Tsubame
  • Stardust Kazuki
  • Starfire Yuna
  • Starlight Kid
  • Starlight Rio
  • Storm Tomoe
  • Strong Hayashi
  • Strong Saburo
  • Sumire Nanjo
  • Super Delfin
  • Super Idol Nanami
  • Super Strong Machine
  • Suplex Machine Fukui
  • Suzaku
  • Suzu Suzuki
  • Suzuran
  • Sweet Devil Hina
  • Sweet Nao
  • Syuri

T: 52 names

  • Taichi
  • Taiji Ishimori
  • Taiyo Kasai
  • TAKA Michinoku
  • Takao Omori
  • Takashi Sugiura
  • Takaya Hirakawa
  • Takeshi Kurosu
  • Takeshi Morishima
  • Takumi Sakuragi
  • Takumi Sasaoka
  • Tam Nakano
  • Tanuki Mask
  • Tarzan Goto
  • Tatsuhito Takaiwa
  • Tatsumi Fujinami
  • Tatsumi Ohashi
  • Tatsuro Ishige
  • Tengu Girl
  • Tengu Kaito
  • Tengu Mask
  • Tenzan Kuroda
  • Tetsuya Endo
  • Tetsuya Naito
  • The Great Hanzo
  • The Great Kabuki
  • The Great Kurenai
  • The Great Muta
  • The Great Sasuke
  • The Great Tachibana
  • Thunder Ayane
  • Thunder Ryu
  • Tiger Mask
  • Tiger Queen
  • Tigress Yumi
  • Togi Makabe
  • Tohoku Kaminari
  • Tokio Enomoto
  • Tokyo Joker
  • Toma Saejima
  • Tomoaki Honma
  • Tomoe Yagyu
  • Tomohiro Ishii
  • Tornado Fujioka
  • Toru Yano
  • Toshiaki Kawada
  • Toshiya Shingu
  • Tsubaki
  • Tsubaki Fury
  • Tsubame Kohinata
  • Tsukihime
  • Tsukuyo

U: 2 names

  • Ultimo Dragon
  • Utami Hayashishita

V: 1 name

  • Viper Sakurai

W: 3 names

  • White Liger
  • Wildcat Sana
  • Wolf Ishizaki

Y: 31 names

  • Yamabushi
  • Yamata no Orochi Mask
  • YAMATO
  • Yamato Kurogane
  • YAMI
  • Yokohama Jet
  • Yoshi-Hashi
  • Yoshiaki Fujiwara
  • Yoshihiro Tajiri
  • Yoshihiro Takayama
  • Yoshinari Ogawa
  • Yoshio Kakizaki
  • Yoshito Nagano
  • Yota Tsuji
  • Yui Kagami
  • Yuji Nagata
  • Yuji Okabayashi
  • Yuji Takasago
  • Yujiro Takahashi
  • Yuka Sakazaki
  • Yuki Hime Rin
  • Yuki Onna
  • Yuki Ueno
  • Yukihime
  • Yukimura
  • Yumi Sakakibara
  • Yumiko Hotta
  • Yuna Kirigaya
  • Yushin Koide
  • Yuuka Hirasawa
  • Yuzuru Kamio